By Kris Miller You smile a lot. People meet you for the first time and often mention that. Your energy is infectious and full of joy. Your friends joke that you smile even when you shouldn’t. It’s your first instinct. It’s natural,...

By Kirsten Corley You ask me the least favorite part of myself and I’ll always respond with the mental health aspects of my life I feel I can’t control sometimes. Anxiety is a part of it. The part I try to hide....

By Lauren Jarvis-Gibson 1. You get overwhelmed with a feeling of dread that seems to comes out of nowhere. A panic attack can happen at any time, anywhere. You could be at work, or out with friends, when all of a sudden,...

By Kirsten Corley Anxiety are the beginning stages of relationships, you struggle to get through normally because in you always seem to ruin something before it begins. It’s staying up at night and tossing and turning because you wonder how someone...

Katie Bingham-Smith For as long as I can remember, as soon as I wake up in the morning, my mind starts going. My to-do list punches me in the brain before thoughts like, “Look at this beautiful morning!” can enter. It...

By Shahida Arabi “Adverse childhood experiences are the single greatest unaddressed public health threat facing our nation today.” – Dr. Robert Block, MD, former President of the American Academy of Pediatrics Much of society associates the terms “trauma” and “PTSD” with war...

By Shahida Arabi In popular culture, the term “narcissistic” is thrown about quite loosely, usually referring to vanity and self-absorption. This reduces narcissism to a common quality that everyone possesses and downplays the symptoms demonstrated by people with the actual disorder. While narcissism does exist...

By Michaela Rollings Everyone always associates abuse with something physical — a punch, a slap, a kick. What people often fail to realize is that abuse has many other faces. Just because someone — a family member, a friend, a significant other — does...

Haley Quinn Editor’s note: If you experience suicidal thoughts, the following post could be potentially triggering. You can contact the Crisis Text Line by texting “START” to 741-741. If you’re struggling with depression, it can be easy to feel like your struggle is less valid when...

By Katie Kuo I noticed in the past few months that anxiety has been discussed in the internet world and many people on social media have made it seem like a trend. A part that bothers me is the way that mental...